All words are prejudices. -Nietzsche The first problem with Data Management is that it’s called “Data Management.” In the NFL there is a certain type of quarterback about which the best that can be said is that they are “game managers“. Their talent lies not in a strong arm or pinpoint accuracy but in not […]
So ESRI buys the cloud-ish start-up GeoIQ: why should anyone but the twittering class care? Because it’s the latest sign there are exactly two pathways to profitability in traditional GIS: be niche, or be ESRI. You’ve known for the last couple of years that State & Local budgets are decimated, now that same terrible swift […]
It was a post of narrow import: QGIS now has more native SQL Server 2008 support. While I was happy to note the participation and support of folks I both know and like, I was nonetheless slightly irritated by a nagging thought. “Why didn’t Microsoft do this itself already?” A few years back I remember […]